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Welcome
Sixteen Rivers Press is a shared-work, nonprofit poetry collective dedicated to providing an alternative publishing avenue for Northern California poets. Founded in 1999 by seven writers, the press is named for the sixteen rivers that flow into San Francisco Bay.
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News and Events
Welcoming Our Newest Member, Lenore Myers
Lenore Myers’s poems and essays can be found in The Southern Review, The Massachusetts Review, Southern Indiana Review, LIT, and One, among other literary journals. Her chapbook, Regards to Balthus, was published in 2023 by Seven Kitchens Press. She teaches English as...
Announcement: Jacqueline Kudler
With great sadness, we announce that Jacqueline Kudler, a founding member of Sixteen Rivers Press, has died at age 89 from complications of ALS. She was a wonderful poet; an ardent and active supporter of the press from its founding up to the time of her death; and a...
Sixteen Rivers Presents: The 2024 authors
Christina Lloyd, Murray Silverstein, and Alice Templeton—will be reading their poetry and discussing the topic of "Lineages" on Saturday, Sept. 21, at 3:00 pm at Northbrae Community Church (941 The Alameda, Berkeley).
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